You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 213 Aglios Returns to His Position!

This time, however, Lin Xue and other high-ranking members of the Red Heart Society were fully aware of the situation.

The Red Heart Society's current power is insufficient to completely overwhelm the world of Sophia.

[It could even be said that the Red Heart Society needs the extraordinary resources from the Sophia world to achieve its own technological breakthroughs.]

For example, the Eternal Flame, a rare item that can only be found at the bottom of the Dragon Clan's Sacred Volcano.

For example, the World Tree leaves can only be produced by the Elven Mother Tree.

These treasures from the world of Sophia, with their inherent expandability, are extremely beneficial to the Redheart Order's specific armor: Titan's Heart and Soul Resonance Armor.

It is no exaggeration to say that these are the key materials for the Chixin Society's technological leap forward.

Therefore, the Red Heart Society plans to use a combination of force and persuasion to devour the world of Sophia.

First, liberate a portion of the humanity in the world of Sophia who have been oppressed and enslaved.

Using this group of humans as a front, they actually used the true power of the Red Heart Society to establish Red Heart Society branches in the vacuum between the four major races: orcs, elves, dwarves, and dragons.

[Then, they slowly developed and gradually eroded the world of Sofia.]

To be honest, in a conflict where the world is at war, unless the Red Heart Society were at its peak hundreds of years in the future, there would be absolutely no way to achieve a crushing victory.

After all, the current Red Heart Society, in essence, only has Sword Elder as its demigod-level combatant.

Most importantly, Sword Elder, this demigod, has not yet reached his peak state due to the speed at which he refines the divinely bestowed crystals.

Therefore, further preparation is needed.

[Lin Xue further stated at a high-level meeting of the Red Heart Society that a direct assault would be a dead end, and infiltration would be too slow; what they needed was a 'wedge'.]

[She pointed her finger heavily within the circle; we're going to wage a proxy war.]

On the surface, we are saviors, liberators, and the sparks that bring advanced civilization.

[But in reality, they exploit every opportunity to erode, divide, and control resources, ultimately... disintegrating the world of Sofia from within.]

In May of the 133rd year of the Extraordinary Calendar, with the help of the Red Heart Society, the human slaves oppressed by several major forces near the Vacuum Zone were freed.

These oppressed, slaughtered, and enslaved humans found it hard to believe the milk and bread offered by the Red Heart Society.

[They can actually eat this kind of rare food that only elven nobles can enjoy?]

When they saw the human-like appearances of the Red Heart Society members, they were so shocked they could hardly speak.

[And so, the Human Empire was officially established in the vacuum zone.]

At a ceremony of the Human Empire led by the Red Heart Society, several elders of some standing among the freed slaves were elected as symbolic elders, forming the nominal "Sophia Human Freedom Federation Council."

A new national flag, designed by the Red Heart Society and incorporating symbols of human tradition and Red Heart Technology, was raised, and celebratory banners and simple festivities began to appear on the streets.

On the surface, this is a glimmer of hope for suffering humanity.

The true members of the Red Heart Society, however, used identities provided by the Sophia branch to hide within the Human Empire, taking control of everything within it under the guise of governors.

Of course, the members of the Red Heart Society know what their ultimate mission is, so they have a strong sense of vigilance towards the humans of the Sophia world.

After all, when world war breaks out in the future, these Sofia humans rescued by the Red Heart Society will, under the influence of the world's will, turn their swords against the Red Heart Society.

[If that's the case, it would be better to prevent the Sofia humans from reaching the extraordinary level from the very beginning.]

Control the Source: Crush the Seed of the Extraordinary!

Of course, even without reaching the extraordinary level or becoming a professional, Sofia humans can still wield immense power!

For example, becoming a Beast Tamer!

The pets among these Sofia humans originate from the Crimson Heart World.

In this way, if war breaks out in the future, the Red Heart Society will suffer almost no significant losses.

This satisfies the psychological needs of liberated humanity—the desire to become stronger to protect themselves, participate in construction, and even gain status—while simultaneously ensuring that the core of power remains firmly in their own hands.

[In February of the 134th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, the Red Heart Society's expansion in the main world did not halt due to the Sophia Project.]

[Deng Qi led the Demon-Suppressing Alliance to continuously expand their territory in the abyss, conquering one giant city after another.]

Even the private territories of super-powerful Abyss Lords and even ultra-powerful Abyss Lords have fallen into the hands of the Red Heart Society one after another.

With the assistance of intelligence agencies based on certain "predictive" information provided by Deng Qi, a time-traveling individual, his warband was always able to find weaknesses in the ancient and powerful Abyss Lord defense systems.

[Deng Qi's assault troops are like precise surgical blades, often able to concentrate deadly energy beams on the core life caskets or power nodes of their lords before they can fully unleash their overwhelming demonic power.]

Those terrifying lairs, which had entrenched themselves at the abyss's precious resource points for tens of thousands of years and struck fear into the hearts of countless powerful beings in the main world, crumbled one by one in the steel torrent and energy storm under the coordinated saturation attack of the Red Heart Society.

During this process, based on his memories, Deng Qi actually found the territory of the lava demon Agrelius in the abyss.

Thus, a sincere strategy to treat Aglios kindly began to be implemented.

[Operation Codename: Lava Blessing.] [This operation order was transmitted via encrypted channel to every soldier's terminal involved in the capture: Avoid lethal casualties; capture the target alive; preserve its integrity; the target has the highest priority.]

A strike force comprised of the Red Heart Society's most elite special operations team infiltrated the target area like shadows while the main force launched a frontal assault to draw enemy fire.

[Agrius, who was preparing to learn a new lava technique, was thus captured by the Red Heart Society's army, who stormed his lair and pulled him out of his escape room.]

[The fact that several precise energy beams severed the energy circuits of the runic defense array on the inner wall of the secret passage as soon as it was activated left Agris utterly astonished.]

Most importantly, when He rapidly recited a distorted verification incantation in ancient lava language—a phrase He Himself would only unconsciously utter when mentally tense—Deng Qi, blocking the end of the secret passage, surprisingly responded with the second half in standard lava demon language.

The next moment, Deng Qi reached out and pressed a specific sequence onto several seemingly unrelated runes on the wall.

[With a despairing sound, the escape gate at the deepest part of the secret passage opened automatically under his desperate gaze!]

For a moment, Agris froze in place, his lava-like body seemingly cooling and solidifying instantly.

How come these so-called members of the Red Heart Society are so familiar with the secret passage that He painstakingly established?

Is there a mole among them?

The key issue is that the incantations for these secret passages were all set by Himself.

[There are also some hidden resonance spells, which were products of my own whims at that time.]

Could I be the mole?

【How can this be? 】

Just as Aglias was preparing to resign herself to her fate and accept the judgment of destiny, fate played another cruel joke on her.

[All the high-ranking members of the Red Heart Society, under your leadership, came out to greet Agris.]

This lava demon, who should have been a prisoner of the Red Heart Society, became an honored guest of all the high-ranking members of the Red Heart Society on his very first day there.

[Especially your attitude towards Agris, as the founder of the Red Heart Society, has shocked all members of the Red Heart Society.]

You approached Aglios with a gentle smile on your face.

【Lord Aglios, welcome to the Red Heart Society headquarters outpost.】

Those in the know understand that Agris absolutely deserves such treatment!

Even if a future Demon God were to attain that position and lose their instincts under the corrupting influence of divinity, they would still retain their last vestiges of rationality and sacrifice everything for the Red Heart Society's cause of revenge.

Such a fighter deserves the highest honor from the Red Heart Society!

[Aglaus, bewildered and helpless, was invited to the highest-level meeting of the Red Heart Society, a meeting reserved for its highest-ranking members.]

At first, Agris was flustered.

[But when He follows His heart and discovers that his spontaneous talents are constantly reminding Him, this is a good thing! A very good thing!]

[Because of his recognition of his spontaneous talent, Agris felt that this place might be his future home.]

After discussing the current situation of the Abyss and the world of Sophia, at your suggestion, a question regarding the Demon God was raised.

Agrus stared at the words "Demon God," his pupils dilating wildly, his face filled with disbelief.

【what? 】

[He didn't see wrong, did he?]

In any era and for any organization, cutting-edge intelligence and information are always invaluable.

In the abyss, nothing is more precious than information about the Demon God.

Even the highest-ranking lords don't know much about the Demon God.

[But now, He has just arrived at the Red Heart Society, and they are already treating Him with the message of the Demon God. Isn't that a bit too much?]

Just as Agris was completely bewildered, your next words made him feel as if he were in a dream.

【Aglius!】

The Demon God isn't as good as you think!

You looked calmly at Aglios sitting behind you.

Even though you know what I'm about to say might shatter Agris's established worldview, I still have to say it!

The path of becoming a demon god is a wrong direction!

At least for an organization like the Red Heart Society, the path of the Demon God is absolutely wrong.

If becoming a demon god means giving up your own self, then do you think becoming a demon god isn't absolutely necessary?

(End of this chapter)